Breaking News from Richard Prince:
At least nine newsroom employees on the Philadelphia Inquirer's layoff list — including two African American journalists — are said to be coming back to work at the paper after renewed negotiations between management and the Newspaper Guild...
Diane Mastrull, a development writer who is chair of the Guild's bargaining committee, identified the two black journalists as NBA beat writer and columnist David Aldridge and photo editor Donna Hendricks. However, neither could be reached and an Inquirer colleague, who did not want to be named, told Journal-isms that Aldridge had not made up his mind about returning. Aldridge also does commentary for the TNT Network.
Others who were called back included reporters Thomas Fitzgerald and Jeff Shields, and photo editors Cheryl Shugars, Glen Alen Malott and Jay Gorodetzer, part of a department that was particularly hard-hit. The layoffs of editorial assistants Sherelle McZeal and Rob Copestick were also reversed, Mastrull said. McZeal is African American.
More Here:
http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/070122_prince/
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
PABJ in Action!
PHOTOS FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT FOLLOWED THE MEETING WITH PNI PUBLISHER BRiAN TIERNEY AND THE INQUIRER'S MINORITY STAFFERS.
Inquirer Photographer Sarah Glover, also PABJ VP/Print & NABJ Secretary ensures local reporters have every detail they need to publish an accurate story.
Immediate Past PABJ President Keith Herbert, affected by the recent slash of Inquirer staffers talks with a reporter about the personal impact of the layoffs.
Acel Moore, PABJ Member, NABJ Founder, and Inquirer Staffer puts the situation in perspective for other reporters covering the press conference. Moore was one of the first black staffers at the Inquirer.
PABJ Member and Inquirer Writer Vernon Clark talks with another reporter about the critical situation facing the Inquirer's Minority Stafers. Photos contributed by PABJ/NABJ Parliamentarian Melanie Burney
Upcoming Career Fairs
EDUCATION & NON-PROFIT JOB/CAREER FAIRS
The Next Greater Philadelphia Teacher Job Fair
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Wachovia Center
Advance Tickets on Sale ($3.00 – check or money order ONLY)
February 5th – March 6th
Contact Rachel Yudell Career Development Services 2nd Floor Mitten Hall
215- 204-7981 www.temple.edu/careerdev
For more information email rachel.yudell@temple.edu and check out www.dvec.net
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Non-Profit Career Fair
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Villanova University
Interested in a job or internship in the non-profit sector? This fair is for you -Attendance for job seekers is free, but it would help usgreatly to know who is coming. Therefore, if you'd like to attend, please register.The Idealist.org
Philadelphia Nonprofit Career Fair is generously hosted by Villanova University Career Services and co-hosted by St. Joseph's University Career Development Center, and the Nonprofit Career Fair Consortium: CabriniCollege, Chestnut Hill College, University of Delaware,Drexel University, Eastern University, LaSalle University,Neumann College, Penn State Great Valley, Saint Joseph's University, Swarthmore College, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, Ursinus College, Widener University,Villanova University.
The career fair will consist of: An informal networking period for nonprofit recruiters and representatives from local colleges and university Offices of Career Services. The fair itself, where job seekers can distribute resumes and speak with nonprofit recruiters about their current and future employment, internship and volunteer opportunities.
A series of free information sessions for nonprofit jobseekers. Go to website for a list of participating organizations. http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=143&sid= Or check out the Temple University website for direct linkto the website: http://www.temple.edu/careerdev/
Thanks to PABJ Associate Dr. Germaine Edwards
The Next Greater Philadelphia Teacher Job Fair
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Wachovia Center
Advance Tickets on Sale ($3.00 – check or money order ONLY)
February 5th – March 6th
Contact Rachel Yudell Career Development Services 2nd Floor Mitten Hall
215- 204-7981 www.temple.edu/careerdev
For more information email rachel.yudell@temple.edu and check out www.dvec.net
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Non-Profit Career Fair
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Villanova University
Interested in a job or internship in the non-profit sector? This fair is for you -Attendance for job seekers is free, but it would help usgreatly to know who is coming. Therefore, if you'd like to attend, please register.The Idealist.org
Philadelphia Nonprofit Career Fair is generously hosted by Villanova University Career Services and co-hosted by St. Joseph's University Career Development Center, and the Nonprofit Career Fair Consortium: CabriniCollege, Chestnut Hill College, University of Delaware,Drexel University, Eastern University, LaSalle University,Neumann College, Penn State Great Valley, Saint Joseph's University, Swarthmore College, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, Ursinus College, Widener University,Villanova University.
The career fair will consist of: An informal networking period for nonprofit recruiters and representatives from local colleges and university Offices of Career Services. The fair itself, where job seekers can distribute resumes and speak with nonprofit recruiters about their current and future employment, internship and volunteer opportunities.
A series of free information sessions for nonprofit jobseekers. Go to website for a list of participating organizations. http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=143&sid= Or check out the Temple University website for direct linkto the website: http://www.temple.edu/careerdev/
Thanks to PABJ Associate Dr. Germaine Edwards
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Diversity Observations
January 16, 2007
African American (11.3 percent), Asian American (4.7 percent) and Hispanic American (2.1 percent) journalists are the minorities represented on The Inquirer’s newsroom staff, according to the latest survey of the American Society of Newspaper editors.
African American (16) and Asian American (5) journalists represent a disproportionate share (30 percent) of the newsroom staff identified to be laid off by The Inquirer.
Philadelphia’s population is 45 percent African American, 5 percent Asian and 10
percent Hispanic, according to U.S. Census figures, meaning that even before the layoffs, The Inquirer newsroom staff was a poor reflection of the community it covers.
Inadequate consideration was given to diversity not only in naming those to be laid off, but in subsequently carving out specific newsroom jobs to be protected from the layoffs.(For example, immigration is one of the hottest topics in the nation, yet The Inquirer’s immigration reporter, an Asian American, was laid off.)
The Inquirer City Desk has only one black reporter and no black editors as it prepares to cover a mayoral election in which race will be an important factor.
The lack of diversity on The Inquirer Copy Desk puts it at a dangerous disadvantage in sighting cultural and ethnic slights before they get into the paper.
The lack of diversity within The Inquirer Features Department puts it at a disadvantage in sighting cultural trends in music, dance, the theater, etc., within the Philadelphia region.
The lack of diversity among The Inquirer’s assigning editors puts the paper at a
disadvantage in deciding which stories are most important to our readers.
The lack of diversity among The Inquirer’s regular columnists presents a monolithic point of view on sundry issues, suggesting to minority readers that the paper doesn’t really care about what they think. The low number of Hispanics in the newsroom echoes this concern.
With previous job actions at The Inquirer having decimated its number of more seasoned minority journalists, current layoffs that have targeted junior staffers have destroyed hopes for a new generation to grow and become the paper’s future leaders.
The carving out of “important” beats for protection from layoffs has revealed The
Inquirer’s failure to assign minority journalists to key beats. New hires of minority
journalists at entry-level positions will only perpetuate that condition.
The Inquirer lacks programs aimed at retention of veteran minority journalists.
The Inquirer lacks an active recruitment effort, complete with director and staff, which can identify qualified minority journalists at various levels of experience who might be hired at any time in the future.
The Inquirer has failed to continue operation of a diversity committee of staff, including top editors, which would concern itself with the ethnic makeup of the newsroom staff as well as coverage of our minority communities.
The Inquirer has failed to continue even infrequent content analyses of its pages to ensure that our stories and photographs properly reflect the diversity of our readers.
Both Inquirer publisher Brian P. Tierney and executive editor Bill Marimow are to be commended for their stated commitments to diversity, which must now be borne out by their actions.
Any finger-pointing at the Newspaper Guild for the impact of layoffs and carve-outs does not excuse The Inquirer for not taking additional steps available to it to ensure that the diversity of its staff was better protected.
The involvement of both the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and the
National Association of Black Journalists is indicative of the rest of America’s interest in how The Inquirer handles these diversity issues.
The lack of coverage by The Inquirer of these diversity issues, given its previous
coverage of other workplace issues, suggests to readers that The Inquirer is trying to hide from the subject rather than take positive action.
Considering these observations, minority journalists at The Inquirer collectively request that positive action be taken now, with the immediate object being to reduce the number of minority journalists included in the current list of those to be laid off. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted by,
Inquirer staffers
Tanya Barrientos
Melanie L. Burney
Philippa J. Chaplin
Sterling Chen
Vernon Clark
Porus Cooper
Ron Cortes
Maisha Elonai
Sarah J. Glover
Thom Guarnieri
Annette John-Hall
Kristin E. Holmes
Sherry Howard
Harold Jackson
Michael Levin
Acel Moore
Dwight Ott
Michael Perez
Keith Pompey
Lita Prout
Claire Smith
Akira Suwa
Miriam Tarver
Ron Tarver
Kevin Tatum
Elisa Ung
Elizabeth Wellington
PNI Talks Update
Black Journalists at-large continue to watch the situation regarding layoffs at the Inquirer.
In addition to reports filed by PABJ VP Sarah Glover, here's the latest from other national & local sources:
NABJ
Richard Prince's Journalisms
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cherry Hill Courier Post
WPVI-TV
Editor & Publisher
PNI Publisher Meeting
forwarded by PABJ VP Print Sarah Glover
Greetings: The following is a recap of the meeting held Jan. 16 with Philadelphia Inquirer company executives regarding diversity. The following persons attended:Brian P. Tierney (Inquirer/Daily News Publisher), Bill Marimow (Inquirer Executive Editor), Michael Days(Daily News Executive Editor), Mark Frisby (LaborRelations), Robert Barron (General Counsel), and Inquirer staffers Melanie Burney, Sandy Clark, Vernon Clark, Sarah Glover, Annette John-Hall, Harold Jackson, Dwight Ott, Acel Moore and Elisa Ung.
The discussion centered around diversity, coverage and staffing, carve-outs/seniority, hiring and retention, and the future. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes.The staff presented a document consisting of diversity observations at the paper. It was signed by 27 staffers. The staff made the following recommendations:
1) to re-establish a Diversity Committee
2) to develop a company mission statement on diversity
3) to reinstitute recruitment officer position
4) to conduct periodic content analysis of thenewspaper
5) provide training
6) enhance internship programs to include moreminorities
7) to continue community outreach with various segments of the community
At the end of the meeting, the company agreed:
1) to create a Diversity Committee to develop company-wide policies for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
2) to name someone within a week to oversee theDiversity Committee
3) to make efforts to call back minority staffers if positions become available
4) to meet again in one month to dialogue further.
A news conference was held afterward in the PublicRoom.
Greetings: The following is a recap of the meeting held Jan. 16 with Philadelphia Inquirer company executives regarding diversity. The following persons attended:Brian P. Tierney (Inquirer/Daily News Publisher), Bill Marimow (Inquirer Executive Editor), Michael Days(Daily News Executive Editor), Mark Frisby (LaborRelations), Robert Barron (General Counsel), and Inquirer staffers Melanie Burney, Sandy Clark, Vernon Clark, Sarah Glover, Annette John-Hall, Harold Jackson, Dwight Ott, Acel Moore and Elisa Ung.
The discussion centered around diversity, coverage and staffing, carve-outs/seniority, hiring and retention, and the future. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes.The staff presented a document consisting of diversity observations at the paper. It was signed by 27 staffers. The staff made the following recommendations:
1) to re-establish a Diversity Committee
2) to develop a company mission statement on diversity
3) to reinstitute recruitment officer position
4) to conduct periodic content analysis of thenewspaper
5) provide training
6) enhance internship programs to include moreminorities
7) to continue community outreach with various segments of the community
At the end of the meeting, the company agreed:
1) to create a Diversity Committee to develop company-wide policies for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
2) to name someone within a week to oversee theDiversity Committee
3) to make efforts to call back minority staffers if positions become available
4) to meet again in one month to dialogue further.
A news conference was held afterward in the PublicRoom.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Another Blow
Just after losses of Black Journalists at Philadelphia Newspapers, Clear Channel and other outlets, Black Philly is hit yet again with the sale, and firing of all talk hosts at the popular black-talk station.
Continuing Coverage.....
Philadelphia Daily News
WPVI TV
PNI LAYOFFS
Continuing coverage of the layoffs at the Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom, that has strikingly reduced the number of African-Americans (and PABJ members) on their news staff:
Richard Prince's Journalisms
http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/070110_prince/
Philadelphia Weekly
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=13774
Philadelphia Tribune
http://www.phila-tribune.com/
NABJ
www.nabj.org
Inside Access
WHYY Community Events Film Screening:
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Join WHYY for a free preview screening of the eye-openingnew Independent Lens film "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"on Thursday, January 25 in the WHYY Technology Center, 150North Sixth Street in Philadelphia.
Doors open at 6 p.m.;light refreshments will be served. This "loving critique" byfilmmaker Byron Hurt (pictured) examines the representationsof manhood, sexism and homophobia in hip-hop music andculture. A post-film discussion features Harry Allen, hip-hop activist and "media assassin"; Michael Coard, hip-hopinstructor at Temple University/PASCEP; Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, professor of urban education at Temple University; andDonyale Reavis, president of Hip Hop Speaks.
RSVP by noon on January 24 at http://www.whyy.org/ or call (215) 351-0511.Hosted by WHYY and ITVS Community Cinema in partnership with Hip Hop Speaks, The National Hip Hop Political Convention,Media Tank, Scribe Video Center, Black Lily Film & Music Festival and Freshout Media. Watch Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes Tuesday, February 20at 11 p.m. on WHYY-TV.
THE HUMANE METROPOLIS
A lecture by Rutherford H. Platt, Founder, Ecological Cities Project;Professor of Geography and Planning Law, University ofMassachusetts
Respondent: Kenneth Foster, Professor of Bioengineering,University of Pennsylvania
January 11, 2007, 6:00pm, Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hal, l210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA
For more information, call 215 573 8386.
Thanks to PABJ Member Dr. Germaine Edwards
Community Update
Rich Dad Education: Learn to Be Rich, Free Workshop!
(Based on the teachings of Robert Kiyosaki,autor of the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. He will NOT bepresenting)Several cities and dates: Philadelphia is on Thurs., January 25, 2007, 12:30 pm or 6:00 pm at the Hilton Hotel, 4200 CityAvenue, Phila., PA 19131
PARENTS! RAISING KIDS TODAY IS A TOUGH JOB FOR ANYONE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!
The Philadelphia Youth Advocacy Program is collaboratingwith the FAMILY COURT PARENT PROJECT to invite all Philadelphia parents & caretakers to join us for aneducational experience.
For many years our certifiedfacilitators have given parents solutions for questionslike:My child refuses to study or go to school. How should Irespond?What can I do when my child beats me up?How can I stop my son's gang involvement?My child is using drugs. How can I get him back?If you want a better relationship with your age 10 or olderchild, THIS 10-WEEK COURSE is for you. Parents will meet once a week to learn how to make a positive change in their child's life. PRE-REGISTER NOW-Save your spot!Classes start THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2007 at 719 W. GIRARD AVE. Philadelphia, PA 19123. Thursdays 6:00 to 9:30PM. Call 215 686-8328 to register.
Give us 24 hours to improve your relationship with your children and help keep them safe!*Certificates for Good Attendance & Grads!!!Refreshments, Child Care & Tokens available.
Class Graduation will be 3/29/07
Thanks to PABJ Associate Member Dr. Germaine Edwards
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Welcome to our new Blog!
Welcome to the newest online feature of PABJ.ORG!
This new blog will serve as a tool for members (and the community at large) to keep up-to-date on the latest projects, programs, and initaives of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.
Please feel free to contribute announcements and other content via this link.
Good Reading!
Manny Smith
PABJ Secretary
This new blog will serve as a tool for members (and the community at large) to keep up-to-date on the latest projects, programs, and initaives of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.
Please feel free to contribute announcements and other content via this link.
Good Reading!
Manny Smith
PABJ Secretary
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